3 CreditsCritical ThinkingGoal 1 - Written/Oral CommRace, Power, and Justice in the United States
This course is designed to introduce you to the key concepts as well as theories of perceptual, cognitive, and social systems that facilitate prejudiced thinking in early childhood. The primary goal of this course is for you to gain new knowledge in this area of child development, increase reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, and incorporate course material into your daily life. The first part of the course will provide grounding terminology, theories, and historical perspectives on race, racial ideology, racism, and the development of biases. We will then utilize a scientific identity in part 2, learning research methods and evidence for the developmental trajectory of racial biases. In part 3, we will discuss applying our newly gained scientific knowledge and explore opportunities for reducing racial biases in early childhood. This class will include a combination of lectures, guest presentations, and student-driven small as well as large group discussions.